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Zero K

A slow, chilly meditation on mortality and estrangement, set in an austere desert compound where ideas about science and love feel haunting and unresolved.

Directed by
Michael Almereyda
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Caleb Landry Jones, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrea Riseborough
Overview
A young man drawn into the designs of his tech billionaire father in a remote desert compound where the wealthy seek to outwit death using cryonics and radical science. The woman who binds these two estranged men submits to the project with mixed emotions, as they all face challenges linking love, life and death.

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Directed by
Michael Almereyda
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Caleb Landry Jones, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrea Riseborough
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
Places
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
science fiction
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Caleb Landry Jones, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrea Riseborough, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Britt Lower, Selton Mello
Cinematography
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Country
United States of America, Brazil
Languages
English

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